How Google is Used in Schools

Saline Area SchoolsK-12"Google Apps has worked out better than I could have ever imagined. We expected a more reliable, stable, and virus-free email. But we got more – a suite of integrated collaborative applications that are being used by teachers and in our classrooms. "Scot Graden, Superintendent

Model for participants:
• Create a Google Doc
• Auto Save feature (NOTE: This feature is enabled once you give your document a title)
• Sharing and Publishing- establishes a url for the document for anyone to view online, can unpublish at any time
• Adding collaborators to share
• Creating a Tinyurl
• Chat - discussions are real-time online chats that are not archived, they can be viewed when working on the document, but once it is closed, the discussions are deleted
• Comments/Peer Review
• Using tables for students to contribute

Activity
Participants practice collaborating on a Google doc using chat and inserting comments.

Next to your number indicate how G-docs could be used by members in your school.

Comment on someone else's idea

Chat as you are writing

Ask for note-taking volunteer for different time during the rest of the day.

10:00

Google Presentation and OTHER Google Tools

1. Explore the Google Products Page. 2. Pick a product you would like to explore. 3. Indicate your choice at this survey link.4. Visit this link to see if anyone else picked the product you did. o If they did, work together. If not, work alone. 5. You will have about 20 minutes to explore the product and create a slide corresponding to the row at the above link.6. If you finish early, explore another tool.

Activity
Contribute to a Google Presentation while learning about other Google Tools.

Saline Area Schools K-12
"Google Apps has worked out better than I could have ever imagined. We expected a more reliable, stable, and virus-free email. But we got more – a suite of integrated collaborative applications that are being used by teachers and in our classrooms. "Scot Graden, Superintendent

Participants will do the same (can access docs with your gmail account)

10:15

What is a Google Doc?

10:30

Creating a Google Doc

Be aware:

Safari or Internet Explorer does not fully support G-docs. Use Firefox (free download)*

Be sure not to overwrite it each other.

Notice there are different colors/cursors to prevent this.

Discuss setting up different areas of the doc for participants to contribute.

Model for participants:
• How to create a Google Doc
• Auto Save feature (NOTE: This feature is enabled once you give your document a title)
• Adding collaborators to share
• Discussing work that is done - discussions are real-time online chats that are not archived, they can be viewed when working on the document, but once it is closed, the discussions are deleted
• Publishing - establishes a url for the document for anyone to view online, can unpublish at any time

Model
How to create a Google Presentation
How to share : email, publish or embed

1:20

Explore OTHER Google Tools

1. Explore the Google Products Page. 2. Pick a product you would like to explore. 3. Indicate your choice at this survey link.4. Visit this link to see if anyone else picked the product you did. o If they did, work together. If not, work alone. 5. You will have 30 minutes to explore the product and create a slide corresponding to the row at the above link. o For a sample, see the next slide. 6. If you finish early, explore another tool. 7. Present what you found with the class.

Activity
Contribute to a Google Presentation while learning about other Google Tools.

Discuss
What are you most excited about bringing back to your school.
Quick round the room. One sentence.In what way are you most excited about using Google docs, drawing, spreadsheets, forms, and presentations.